as buyer’s agents indicate they’re only working for the buyer in a real estate transaction. The buyer’s agent’s commission is paid by the seller, with rare exceptions. You pay nothing to your buyer agent, he or she is again, writing the contract to your best interest. They either get paid directly by the seller. A maxim in real estate is, “No matter how it’s set up, the buyer still walks away with the house and the seller still walks away with 94% of the purchase price excluding their other misc expenses.”
MORE ACCESS TO THE REAL ES O THE REAL ESTATE MARKE TE MARKET
A real estate agent will have better access to the market and a special knowledge of local conditions. The agent is a full-time liaison between sellers and buyers. An agent will have ready access to other properties listed by other agents. Buyers’ and sellers’ agents know how to put a real estate deal together. A real estate agent will track down homes that meet your criteria to include features and benefit's, contact sellers’ agents, and secure appointments for viewing the homes and understand market condition's. On their own, buyers have a more difficult time with these things rapidly, accurately to support your personal needs and in detail. This is even more so the case when a buyer is moving due to relocation or employment opportunity and does not engage a buyer’s agent to handle matters. This certainly applies to veterans like yourself, who may be purchasing a home in a new location after leaving military service, or retiring to a favorite city or state they were once stationed in, or back to their hometown, where they may not have lived in a while.
NEGOTIATING IS HARDER ON YOUR OWN
A real estate agent will keep the transaction “at arm’s length,” such that personalities and emotions do not become involved. Price
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